Negotiation English
7 exercise sets covering the core language of professional negotiation for developers: scope, deadlines, trade-offs, priorities, vendors, resources, and influence.
Scope & Requirements
Pushing back on feature requests and negotiating scope.
Start exercises →Deadline Management
Requesting extensions and negotiating phased delivery.
Start exercises →Presenting Trade-offs
Presenting options to stakeholders and defending or yielding on technical decisions.
Start exercises →Prioritisation Language
Negotiating priority with PMs and responding to conflicting priorities.
Start exercises →Vendor Negotiations
SaaS pricing, SLA breaches, and contract renegotiation language.
Start exercises →Internal Resources & Budget
Building the business case for tools, headcount, and buy vs. build decisions.
Start exercises →Persuasive Language
Assertive requests, framing, and influence without authority.
Start exercises →Key negotiation phrases
Scope push-back
- "That's outside what we scoped in this sprint"
- "To include that, we'd need to remove something else"
Deadline extension
- "I can deliver X by [date] or the full scope by [later date] — which matters more?"
- "A rushed delivery creates [specific risk]"
Prioritisation
- "What's the business cost of delaying this vs. the other item?"
- "I can't do both well simultaneously"
Assertive request
- "I'd like to propose…"
- "I need [X] to deliver [Y] by [Z]"